backtracked on their stories, defense attorneys advice rated the credibility of many witnesses. it got so bad that prosecutors had to drop the murder charges in the middle of the trial and offer him a plea deal. lewis pled guilty to obstruction of justice in exchange for testifying against sweeting and oakley. even that didn't help. both men were acquitted. ray lewis says he was the peace maker but oakley says that wasn't the case. >> reporter: was ray involved in the fighting? >> in my opinion, yes. i don't know if he was wrestling or fighting but i know that he was right in the mix there with everybody else. >> reporter: because his lawyer and his side has said, he was trying to be the peace maker in that situation. >> i didn't see that. when the police asked him what happened, he wouldn't, you know, come clean. >> he was not involved in the fight, he didn't cause it, he didn't take an angt, a step, a statement to make this happen. he was no more guilty than the other 100 people on the street. >> reporter: no one has ever been convicted in the deaths of jason baker and richard waller. for g